da capon.
Music.
A direction at the end of a piece of music to repeat from the beginning; the end of the repeat being usually marked with a pause or the word Fine. (Abbreviated D.C.) Also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > other directions
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V1724
volti subito1724
tasto solo1772
al segno?1775
loco1786
molto1786
bis1819
quasi parlando1872
allegro non tanto1876
dal segno1876
senza replica1883
M1900
1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Da capo, or by way of Abbreviation D.C.
1740 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) D.C. in Musick, signifies Da Capo, that is, give or play the whole or some particular part of an air again.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. i. 4 And then will wake Morrow and the eyes that look on it; and so da capo.
Derivatives
da capo v. to repeat (music).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique
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to run over ——1789
skirl1818
spread?1822
develop1838
arpeggio1864
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1764 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 240 Say, will my song, da capo'd o'er, Piano soft, Andante roar.
1803 in Spir. Pub. Jrnls. (1804) VII. 21 Thus you may da capo this musical entré.
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